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Two selves

Tuesday, May 16th 2017, 23:55
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

Who was Mohammad Amin, or Meeno, the transgender Pakistani who died under arrest in Saudi Arabia?
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Saudi authorities say no romance in the staff room

Friday, May 12th 2017, 13:59

One husband's lavish attempt to placate an angry wife gets a stern response when he stages it in her staffroom.
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Black but beautiful? 'It's not a compliment'

Sunday, April 30th 2017, 23:29

Abeer Sinder is Saudi Arabia's first black beauty vlogger. But sometimes, she says, the compliments she receives aren't flattering.
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman reverses public sector pay cuts

Sunday, April 23rd 2017, 6:39
related countries: United States United States

In a raft of decrees, King Salman fires his civil service minister and makes his son US ambassador.
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Saudi 'should be blacklisted' over Yemen hospital attacks

Thursday, April 20th 2017, 12:46
related countries: Yemen Yemen

The UN should put Saudi Arabia back on a list of violators of child rights, two rights groups say.
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Twelve Saudi soldiers die in Yemen 'friendly fire' helicopter crash

Tuesday, April 18th 2017, 17:41
related countries: Yemen Yemen

The Yemen defence ministry's news website says the helicopter "misread" an air defence system.
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Sharif's next move

Saturday, April 8th 2017, 23:23
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

Raheel Sharif is to head a Saudi-led alliance, but benefits to Pakistan are not clear, writes Ahmed Rashid.
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Saudi Arabia unveils plans for 'entertainment city' near Riyadh

Saturday, April 8th 2017, 14:54
related places: Riyadh

The new 334 sq km (129 sq mile) attraction will be built on the edge of the capital, Riyadh.
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Saudi campaigners protest over the right to drive

Tuesday, April 4th 2017, 15:08

Women campaigners in Saudi Arabia are filming themselves walking silently in the street in an attempt to claim the right to drive.
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Egypt court voids ruling halting transfer of islands to Saudi Arabia

Sunday, April 2nd 2017, 12:38

An earlier ruling had blocked the transfer of two Red Sea islands.
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Different country

Sunday, March 26th 2017, 0:23

Two years on from the start of the Saudi-led offensive, the BBC's Mai Noman returns to her home country.
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Iranian pilgrims 'to attend Hajj again' after Saudi rift

Friday, March 17th 2017, 15:45
related countries: Iran Iran
related places: Mecca

Iranians did not travel to Mecca last year after ties with Saudi deteriorated over a deadly disaster.
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Saudi Arabia launches girls' council - without any girls

Tuesday, March 14th 2017, 10:42

Photographs to mark the launch of Saudi Arabia's first girls' council included only men.
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Malaysia foils 'Yemeni attack on Arab royals'

Tuesday, March 7th 2017, 13:27
related countries: Yemen Yemen
related places: `Arab

Seven people, including four Yemeni nationals, were arrested ahead of a visit by the Saudi king.
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President vlogs lunch with Saudi king

Thursday, March 2nd 2017, 10:54

Indonesia's president takes the unusual step of vlogging his lunch with the Saudi king.
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Limos and lifts among Saudi king's travel essentials

Wednesday, March 1st 2017, 20:17
related countries: Indonesia Indonesia
related places: Jakarta

Saudi Arabia's king is visiting Indonesia and he's not travelling lightly.
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Saudi foreign minister makes landmark visit to Iraq

Saturday, February 25th 2017, 14:04
related countries: Iraq Iraq

Adel al-Jubeir meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in first visit by a Saudi foreign minister since 1990.
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Pakistan airline admits taking extra passengers in aisle

Friday, February 24th 2017, 22:28

The airline admits that seven extra passengers stood in the aisle during a Karachi to Medina flight.
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Rocking out, Saudi-style

Saturday, February 11th 2017, 0:11

The conservative kingdom is embracing the concept of fun.
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Turning to Twitter instead of the police

Friday, February 3rd 2017, 2:03

Why one Saudi woman turned to social media to help her regain custody of her baby.
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'We want the same thing' - Saudi oil minister welcomes Trump era

Wednesday, February 1st 2017, 6:06
related countries: United States United States
related places: Trump

Khalid al-Falih tells the BBC that the United States and Saudi Arabia have shared goals.
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Yemen conflict: Rebels in deadly attack on Saudi warship

Tuesday, January 31st 2017, 12:29

Saudi Arabia says a "suicide boat" exploded beside a frigate but rebels say it was a missile strike.
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Egypt court upholds ruling halting transfer of islands to Saudi Arabia

Monday, January 16th 2017, 11:18
related countries: Egypt Egypt

Cheers erupt as judge rejects move by Egypt's government to transfer two islands to Saudi Arabia.
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100 Women: The Saudi women challenging male guardianship

Thursday, January 12th 2017, 23:50

Women are using new methods to press Saudi Arabia's government to end the male guardianship system.
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Guantanamo Bay releases continue as Yemenis arrive in Saudi Arabia

Thursday, January 5th 2017, 21:22

Four Yemenis arrive in Saudi Arabia, as President Obama releases more Guantanamo Bay prisoners.
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Saudi Arabian video on women's rights goes viral

Thursday, January 5th 2017, 17:21

A video showing women in full Islamic dress doing various activities has gone viral on social media
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100 Women: The niqab-wearing star of social media

Thursday, December 22nd 2016, 3:27

Amy Roko's short comedy sketches about life as a veiled woman in Saudi Arabia has made her big on social media.
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Yemen conflict: US cuts arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Wednesday, December 14th 2016, 1:05
related countries: United States United States

The US is to cut arms sales to Saudi Arabia amid concerns over civilian casualties in Yemen.
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Boris Johnson tours Middle East amid Saudi row

Friday, December 9th 2016, 14:52

Boris Johnson begins a tour of the Middle East amid a row over comments he made about Saudi Arabia.
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Saudis at war

Friday, December 9th 2016, 1:16
related countries: Yemen Yemen

The BBC's Frank Gardner looks at whether Saudi Arabia can achieve its goals in Yemen's messy war.
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Inside Yemen: Saudi air strikes and Britain's role

Thursday, December 8th 2016, 23:25
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom, Yemen Yemen

As Britain's relationship with Saudi Arabia comes under scrutiny, the BBC's Fergal Keane hears human accounts of Saudi air strikes in Yemen.
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UK minister accuses Saudis over 'proxy wars'

Thursday, December 8th 2016, 3:39
related countries: Iran Iran, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is filmed saying Saudi Arabia and Iran are "puppeteering" in the Middle East.
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Fifteen Saudi Shia sentenced to death for 'spying for Iran'

Tuesday, December 6th 2016, 16:02
related countries: Iran Iran

A court in Saudi Arabia sentences 15 people to death and 15 others to prison for spying for Iran.
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Prince Alwaleed says women driving ban hurts Saudi economy

Wednesday, November 30th 2016, 14:03

Influential Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal calls on his country to lift driving ban on women.
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Yemen conflict: Air strike 'kills 12 civilians' in Hajja

Wednesday, November 23rd 2016, 10:43
related countries: Yemen Yemen

Twelve civilians are reportedly killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in north-western Yemen.
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Yemen conflict: No extension to 48-hour truce

Monday, November 21st 2016, 12:27
related countries: Yemen Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen says a 48-hour truce will not be extended.
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Yemen conflict: Saudi coalition declares 48-hour ceasefire

Saturday, November 19th 2016, 4:24
related countries: Yemen Yemen

A Saudi-led military coalition supporting Yemen's government says it will observe a 48-hour truce.
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The Saudi female-only phone shop

Monday, October 31st 2016, 2:53

Saudi entrepreneur Maryam al-Subai wants to protect women's privacy and stop them from potentially being shamed in the conservative country.
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Saudis 'foiled plot to bomb football World Cup qualifier'

Sunday, October 30th 2016, 15:50

Saudi Arabia says it has thwarted a plan to bomb a World Cup 2018 qualifying match in the city of Jeddah.
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Yemen conflict: Dozens killed as air strikes hit prison in Hudaydah

Sunday, October 30th 2016, 14:32
related countries: Yemen Yemen

Sixty people are killed at a Yemeni prison complex in air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition, reports say.
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